Edwards says his coattails better than Dean or Kerry

[TacticalPeek]

Edwards says his coattails better
than Dean or Kerry

DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent

Wednesday, January 21, 2004


(01-21) 14:46 PST NASHUA, N.H. (AP) --

John Edwards suggested Wednesday that
presidential rivals Howard Dean and John Kerry would
be a drag at the top of the ticket in key Southern
congressional races, and said he could help
"everywhere in the country."

"I know I can strengthen our position because I've
won in a tough place, a really tough place," said
Edwards, who won his North Carolina Senate seat in
1998 by defeating a Republican incumbent.

Edwards made his remarks as he campaigned in two
states -- South Carolina and New Hampshire -- with
distinctly different electorates and political
challenges.

He has long looked to South Carolina, which holds a
primary Feb. 3, for his first victory in the nominating
campaign and has reached out to Rep. Jim Clyburn,
the state's only black congressman. Clyburn is being
courted again by all the candidates after the one he
endorsed, Rep. Dick Gephardt, withdrew from the
race this week.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/01/21/politics1746EST0700.DTL

[fob]

1. Now THIS is the discourse I want the Democratic Party to hold,

Which one of our candidates will kick bush*s ass the MOST!

NOW WE'RE TALKIN'!!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. That's right. We should be asking who will win the larger....

margin against Mr. Bush, not who will be defeated by him. This is what the Democrats need to start saying!

[Exultant Democracy]

3. Well he may very well have a point

The fact is that the blue states vote blue. The red states on the other hand also have regional pride, and by accident of his southern birth and for no other reason Edward could have bigger coattails then many of the other candidates.

[surfermaw]

4. Now you got it.

South is indeed a proud place and Edwards is of the state, they are probably aware by not That abortion, Gun, and religion, isn't as important as having a job that will feed their kids, and entitles them to health insurance.

Many in the south have come to the conclusion they is as many moral people in teh democrat party as their are in the republican party. Democrats from the left may have come to the conclusion that they are as moral as any who claim religion on the right.

[lostnfound]

5. A useful discussion. One reason for "longer coattails" is insider status

which has pros and cons. But the question to ask is not who can beat Bush by widest margin but who can beat Bush AND help get other Dems elected to congress.